The Scarlet Cord

Recently I had been reading through Joshua 2, the story of Rhab. I have been struck with the realization that she was willing to hang a scarlet cord from her window. Here are just a couple things that I have been thinking about.

First, so many people would have been able to see the cord. They could have been asking questions. The guards could have asked her about the cord, they had already been asking her so many other questions about the men. Wouldn't you think a cord hanging out of a window could be a way to help others into the city? But through all the "what ifs" Rhab was willing to put the cord out to be noticed.

Secondy, the cord was scarlet. The picture of Christ's blood; a similar symbols like the blood sprinkled over the door posts during the Passover. The scarlet would bring even more attention then just a regular cord would, the red would definitly stick out and catch people's eyes even at a distance. People would have stared or even thought that she was odd. But Rhab did exactly what the men told her to do.

Is my salvation as obvious to other people that pass by me? Am I really willing to show that I'm a Christian? I can hang a cord from my window by going to church or praying for my food in public restraunts, but am I catching people's eyes by hanging the scarlet cord? I want everyone to know that I am saved through the blood of Christ; it is only through Him that I will be saved from death. Today, I find that so many of us are hiding, trying to blend in with the world. No one wants to look different, act different, even talk different (even reading through other blogs, I worried that we are just blending in.)

Jericho's walls fell and the city was destroyed, the only thing that remained was Rhab's house. The only house that had the evidence of the scarlet cord.

Are you hanging the scarlet cord from your windows today?

Guess who is engaged :)

Well, this is the picture that started last week into a whirl wind of a week. Do you want to find out who?

This next picture is of two of my roommates from two years ago. In the picture there is one who is engaged, one who is married, and one that still has no hope :)

Well, on April 1st Bonner was not kidding when he got down on his knee and handed Katie the real diamond ring (after she throw the fake one in the lake). So by next June there will two from my old room married.

As you could guess by now, Laura is the one that is married. She got married last fall (and didn't even invite me ;) ) Laura came down to campus for two days on her way to visit other family. Katie, Laura, and I spent a lot of time just reminiscing and I found out about a bunch of things that happened two years ago. We had a fun time talking, laughing, and doing our nails. :)

Well, if I didn't have enough excitement already for one week, I had more. On Thursday morning I was able to pick my family up for the airport and spend the rest of the week with them. It was such a great time.


The main reason they came to visit was because my brother was apart of the college play. He was one of the conspirators in Anastasia. On Thursday night we watch my brother's play, Friday night we watched the community's play, and then Saturday night we went back to watch my brother one last time. I would have to say that Saturday night was the best night out of all three.

It was nice being able to spend some time off campus and just relaxing, spending time with the fam. It is hard to believe that they will be back in less the four weeks for graduation.


Ok, well I will leave you with just a couple more pictures from the party that we had last night in the dorm. Everyone had been working hard and the stress level is moving upward, so I decided to give everyone just a little bit of enjoyment. We had fun getting twisted in saran wrap, creating a new hair do, and going on an Easter Egg hunt.

That was last week; I wonder what excitement I'll get myself into this week :)

Bare the Cross

As we are getting closer to Easter the realization of the crucifixion is more predominate. Now, I personally read through the passages on the crucifixion more because it is through them that I realized my need for the Savior. Well, as I reading today in Luke 23 I really focused in on verse 26, where Simon of Cyrene carried the cross for Christ. As I have read through some thought questions by Spurgeon, I thought I would share them with you also.
First thing that came to mind is that we must follow Christ carrying the burden. Now I’m not a Bible scholar so I don’t know everything except for the little tidbits that I have read; but I think that Jesus still had to carry some of the cross (at least the crossbars) but then Simon was pulled out of the crowd to help. When we are carrying different burdens we can find comfort knowing that the Lord is in front of us carrying the burden with us. We are just following in the footsteps that He has made before us. He is right there with us sharing the heaviness. Christ is actually holding the weight of our burdens (sins) while we are only barring the lighter end.
One thing that I really had never thought about with this context was that “It is not our cross, but Christ’s cross that we carry.” I know that at times I feel weary while I am trying to live my life for Christ. Many people would rather live for the world because it is so much easier. But remember that our lives are for Christ, it is His cross that we are bearing.
Lastly, “Simon carried the cross for a short time, but it gave him lasting honor.” Our lives are very short, but we will spend eternity with Christ. Are we really willing to carry what the Lord has set in front of us? Christ did not suffer on the cross so that we will never have to suffer; He suffered to be the sacrifice and to give us a way to escape suffering.
“Christ exempts you from sin, but not from sorrow.”

Daily Objectives

I have started to read Instruments in the Redeemer's Hands by Paul David Trip and one of the first things that caught my thoughts was a question that he asked "What is your reason for getting up in the morning?" (Before I get into things too much, I should explain that my mind works a little bit differently then normal people and I tend to go off on rabbit trails where it is difficult to track how I got where I did, but just bare with me) Well, my first thoughts after reading that was just my normal reaction to when my alarm goes off. I push the snooze :) and well after doing that for a while, I once in a while think about the different tasks and schedules that I have to do for the day, but usually I just get up and go about my normal routine.
My thoughts then very quickly switched to think that I do not have a specific purpose that I tell my self everyday. Well if I do have a purpose it is usually for minuscule tasks. But then I just stopped and thought about my life and what it's full purpose is. What am I really living each day for? If you would ask me what is my goal in life, I would give the answer to honor and glorify my Lord. But now I am asking about a daily goal. Okay, just graduating from college my mind goes to writing papers. Have you ever tried to write a paper without having a specific thesis and outline?? Well, I have and guess what, it did not work out very well because my thoughts were so scattered (like this post) that everything is said was good, but it did not have a purpose, so it was a bad paper. Having graduated as an education major I think about objectives. I never really saw the need for objectives until I was actually in the classroom. Now, I cannot teach a lesson without first writing out my objectives, so that I know that I have taught what I needed to. Having the objectives makes each lesson worthwhile.
Do you have a daily objective? I want my life to count for something. I want to be able at the end of a day look back and see how I was able to grow. My life will be very selfish if I always look back at the end of the day and see what I did for me. I want to be able to look back and see what I have done for Christ. I was shocked when I thought about how much time I spent on myself and how little time I spent for my Lord. I am going to daily set some objectives and then at the end of the day assess them and see what I have accomplished. Maybe you could write out some too.

I LOVE MY JOB :)

Hi Girls,
I decided to start a blog, and what a better way to start it then with a picture of you. Feel free to leave comments.

The Lord does work in misterious ways. I would have never thought of my self as a dorm supervisor, but here I am. And I am loving it. The Lord has been teaching me so much about Him and myself. I have had to handle different things that I thought I would never handle; I have handled things I never thought I could ever handle. But all it has taught me that it is definitely not me, but it is the Lord. I have been having a great time doing hospital and doctor visits, airport runs, dorm stuff, and just different things at all hours of the night. I would not say that it has been easy, but I can rest assure that the Lord is the one directing.